Best Book Cover Awards

The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced on Monday, January 26th and prompted library staff to ask if there are any awards that celebrate book cover design.  While the Randolph Caldecott Award honors the best children's picture book of the year, there is no ALA award exclusively for book covers.  However, there are other organizations that honor book cover designs.  

AIGA - The Professional Association for Design
50 Books | 50 Covers 
Starting in 1923 as the Fifty Books of the Year competition, this time-honored competition identifies the 50 best-designed books and book covers of the year. Together, we celebrate powerful and compelling book design and the community‘s most inspired creations.

The winners are announced every Fall celebrating the past year's designs.  

Other Awards

The Independent Book Publishers Association Design Awards Category 
The IBPA Book Awards (formerly the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards) are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers since 1985.
2024 Winners

The Art Directors Club - Book Design Category 

International Award: Stiftung Buchkunst (German foundation for book design) 

Many thanks to library staff members, Sara Bevilacqua and Rebekah Walbert for their curiosity and research.